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Double-sestertius with bust of Trajan II Decius
Double-sestertius with bust of Trajan II Decius

Double-sestertius with bust of Trajan II Decius

A.D. 249–251
MintRome
Medium/TechniqueBronze (with traces of silvering)
DimensionsDiameter: 39.5 mm. Weight: 45.18 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession number1970.437
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsNumismatics
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Earl Fitzwilliam Collection; by 1949: with Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd., Spencer House, 27 St. James's Place, St. James's Streeet, London, S.W. 1 (Christie's auction of the Earl Fitzwilliam Collection, sold by order of the Earl Fitzwilliam's Wentworth Estates Company, May 30-31, 1949, lot 482, partial); by 1968: with Spink and Son, Ltd., 5-7 King Street, St. James's, London, S.W. 1; purchased by MFA from Spink and Son, Ltd., September 16, 1970